Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 364.
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[1] From: Dennis Moser <aldus@angrek.com> (18)
Subject: Re: 17.357 reservations about reservations on
preservation
[2] From: "Dr. Donald J. Weinshank" <weinshan@cse.msu.edu> (20)
Subject: FW: Why are you so busy? How Much Information? 2003
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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 06:19:14 +0000
From: Dennis Moser <aldus@angrek.com>
Subject: Re: 17.357 reservations about reservations on preservation
Actually, Helen Tibbo was being quite generous in saying 5%: NARA has been
quoted as only keeping about 1%. And as the good Dr. Cox has said,
paraphrasing a bit, "the archivist's job is to get rid of things, not to
keep them." Of course, our other job is to be able to do an intelligent
appraisal of materials so that the 1%-5% that IS saved is the very best
stuff...
In terms of archives whose creation is the result of a records program
(i.e., the "governmental" type, the "classical" definition of archives, as
opposed to those archives of purely "historical" nature that are NOT the
result of government actions), trying to keep everything is the HOV Express
lane towards madness...
Dennis Moser
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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 06:21:57 +0000
From: "Dr. Donald J. Weinshank" <weinshan@cse.msu.edu>
Subject: FW: Why are you so busy? How Much Information? 2003
Humanists:
I was fascinate by this estimate from Berkeley about the explosion in new
information generated every year. I believe that I have not seen this as yet
on HUMANIST.
How Much Information? 2003
(http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/)
This study is an attempt to estimate how much new information is created
each year. Newly created information is distributed in four storage media -
print, film, magnetic, and optical - and seen or heard in four information
flows - telephone, radio and TV, and the Internet. This study of information
storage and flows analyzes the year 2002 in order to estimate the annual
size of the stock of new information contained in storage media, and heard
or seen each year in information flows.
The study was conducted by Hal Varian and Peter Lyman of the University of
California, Berkeley.
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